Gaële
Le Roi, soprano

Renowned
for her astonishing stage presence, with which she delights public
and critics alike (most recently as Jemmy in Rossinis Guillame
Tell at Opéra National de Paris), Gaële Le Roi has firmly
established herself as a leading talent of the young generation
of French singers. Following her professional debut at the
Opéra National de Lyon, Ms. Le Roi was quickly remarked upon
by Peter Sellars and asked to sing Yniold / Pelleas et Melisande
à lOpéra dAmsterdam (Simon Rattle) and
at the Los Angeles Music Center (Esa-Pekka Salonen).
She then went on to sing this same rôle at the Teatro Della
La Fenice, Venice in a production from Pier-Luigi Pizzi, as well
as at the Opéra National de Paris in Bob Wilsons production.
In 2002 Ms. Le Roi sang to great success her first Mélisande
à lOpéra de Massy in a production from Yannis
Kokkos.

During the season 2002-2003, Gaële Le Roi returned to lOpéra
National de Paris for Martinus Juliette and Jemmy in Rossinis
Guillaume Tell. She has been invited to Washington for the
title role in Hippolyte et Aricie with lOpera Lafayette, where
shell return in May 2004 to sing Clarice in Il Mondo della
Luna, Shell appear also at the Drottningholm Festival this
summer singing Oberto / Alcina under the direction of Christophe
Rousset.

In future seasons she returns to the Opéra National de Paris
to sing Zaïre / Les Indes Galantes (William Christie) and Papagena
in Die Zauberflöte (2003-2005) and again in the 2004/2005 season
for Boris Godounov and Janaceks From the House of the Dead,
LEmpio Punito (Melani) in Montpelliers Festival
of Radio France,Oedipe (Enescu) in CagliarisOpera. In 2005/2006
shell sing in Juliette ou la Clef des Songes (Martinù)
in Opera Garnier.

Her recordings include: Les Brigands of Offenbach with John-Eliot
Gardiner (EMI), Faurés Requiem with Emmanuel Krivine
(DENON), La Mort dOphélie by Berlioz (HARMONIA MUNDI)
as well as Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien with lOrchestre
National dIle de France et Jacques Mercier (BMG), and
a selection of Bach Cantatas (ARION).

As a result of her remarkable acting talent, Gaële Le Roi has
also been invited to play several roles for films and television,
notably: Mon Cher Sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville (Prix de la
Jeunesse au Festival de Cannes 1988, Prix du Festival de Belfort
et Prix dInterprétation au Festival de Digne les bains)
and Incognito (Alain Bergala), a co-production between La Sept and
France 3.